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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1991
THE EVENT PROVED SO POPULAR THAT MANY LATE ENTRIES WERK NOT ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE FOUR EVENTS OF INDOOR SOCCER, BADMINTON, TABLE TENNIS AND BASKETBALL.
MR JOHN
OPENING THE SPORTS DAY, THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER, YAXLEY, SAID THIS WAS A SHOWCASE FOR THE INDUSTRIOUS AND ENTERPRISING COMMUNITY IN BRITAIN TO DEMONSTRATE ITS ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS.
HONG KONG'S FAMOUS NAMES IN SPORTS ARE ALSO MAKING THEIR MARK IN BRITAIN.
FRANK CHAN, THE TERRITORY'S SNOOKER CHAMPION, IS MEETING THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE STEPHEN HENDRY IN DERBY AT TODAY'S QUARTER-FINAL OF THE PEARL ASSURANCE BRITISH OPEN AFTER BEATING THE DEFENDING CHAMPION CANADIAN BOB CHAPERON IN THE THIRD ROUND.
HONG KONG BOWLER MARK MCMAHON HAS ALSO PRODUCED A SCINTILLATING DISPLAY ΤΟ WIN OVER DEVON'S JOHN EVANS AT THE QUARTER-FINAL OF THE MIDLAND WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN PRESTON.
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IN LAST OCTOBER'S LONDON FILM FESTIVAL, THE "HONG KONG FOCUS" WHICH FEATURED 10 OF THE TERRITORY'S BEST MOVIES, RECEIVED AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE AND ATTRACTED THOUSANDS OF NEW DEVOTERS TO THE HONG KONG CINEMA.
AS A RESULT, THE LONDON OFFICE 19 NOW SPONSORING 10 OTHER FILMS WHICH ARE BEING SHOWN AT MAJOR UK CITIES INCLUDING LONDON, EDINBURGH, MANCHESTER, LIVERPOOL, CARDIFF, BIRMINGHAM, PLYMOUTH, LEICESTER, NOTTINGHAM, AND NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE,
ON THE MUSIC FRONT, TWO YOUNG VIOLINISTS, THREE PIANISTS AND A SOPRANO FROM HONG KONG, TOGETHER WITH THREE OTHER MUSICIANS FROM CHINA, RECENTLY GAVE A CONCERT AT LONDON'S ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL ΤΟ A PACKED AUDIENCE.
THE CONCERT, SPONSORED BY THE ANGLO-HONG KONG TRUST, PRAISE FROM THE AUDIENCE, WHICH INCLUDED PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, AS THE NATIONAL PRESS.
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